Fire-escape.



y is a split spring-sleeve E; that c0nstitutes a .thereef provided with a vertically-recessed llkxtented August Q, 1904.

UNITED STATESjPATENT OFFICE.

FlRE -ESC APE.'

SPECIf'ICATION fon'ning pn.rt of Letters Patent No.?6716'5, dted Augus 9, 1904.

Appllcation finl J:mry 30, 1904.

Be it l ximvn tlml l. lil-Z.\'RY Jens XOLL. a eitizen of the L' nited Stutes. und n resident; 0f .\lihvnnkee; in the ceuntv of Milwnulcee i und Stute et \\'isconsin. h:i\'e invented certain n'en und useful lmprmements in Fire-Escapes; und l de hereh v declare tlmt the fellowing is n full, clenr, und ex.1ct deseription thereof.

Th'e el ject cf m v inventidn is to pmvide simple, econemieul portable mnchi nes of the kind coinmonl V termed lire-escnpes, de

signed for ntilizatien in cennection with n stiituhle ;Iuide .ns me:ms for facilimting deseent frorn ilo0ls er stagings of a building, the guide beim; attached nt its' upper end toa statiennr3 device of sullieient strength; and said imention consists' in cextnin peculinrities ofeonstruct iennnd com binntion of parts hereinnfter p:wticulnrly set forth with referenee to the nceompnnying diil\\ings, und subsequently clniined. A

Figure 1 et the diawings represcntsn partlysectionnl freut elevntion ef a mnchine in accerdnnce \\ith my invention elutched- 0n a gnide-wire; Fig. 2, a renr elevntion ef the nmchine. n stmp nttaelm1ent of the smne being rem0ved; und Figs. 3, 4, und sectinnal views 0f seid 1nnehin'e, respectively indicnted b lines 3 3, 4 4, und 5 5 in Fig. 1.

liefening l letter to the drnwings A indientes n horizontal bar, preferably in one piece, with an zuch B. lnninQ im npper centml shnnk C the \\hel0 censtitnting an open handle. The shunlc of thehnndle is provided with an upper lateral und vertically-greoved lug l), tlm t constitutes a juw. and crossing the epening in si1id handle centml of the Same shield secured in pl :we by an v suitnble means, it being herein shewn provided with ears rive ted to the bar and yoke aforesaid.

livotally connected t0 the handle als the junction of the nrch and shank portions of the same is a belhcran'l: lever F having one arm lateral lug b, in which an ear c 0f a jaw G is a eonnection witl1 sorne other deviee.

pivoted, this jaw being engageable with Ehe &-rial K0. 1.91261. 050 220dul.l

- one D. nforesaid. spring H is connected to the .l-mndle-shnnl: C te bem' npen the leve F. und therebxy prevent nccidental separatien ef the jaws.

Ilnng in conneetien with the hat A 0f th e handle is n shnckle l, und a :=tmp J is pro vided m one end Willi am eye (l, engaged b v a rin;r K in swivel-slm'nk c onnectieh with the simelcle. the other end 0f the stmp heilig providedwith a hool: e forex-xgmgement with seid fing.

Projecting from one side of the handle are heoks L. on which t0- coil a flexible \'ire M of Suitnblestrength. one end 0f this wire being {areferably nttnched te a. hook N to facilitate 'lhe wire detnched from the hooks L and-fastened at its upper end te seine eon-veniem device constitutes the 'guide fe'r the mnchine nbove speeilied, snid.wire heim: cnnght in the sleeve E und between the jaws D G of seid rnnehine. T he opemter h-unging from the handle of the rnnchine, in er 'out of embrnce 0f the stmp J. presses on the lever F t0 regulnt giepeed of dez cent the pres=nre srving to elaunp the jaws of said machine on its guides.

llaving t'l1'us desclribed m v invention; whnt 1 claim es new, and desire to seeure byLetters Patent, is-

1. In a lfireeecape, the combinntien of a. handle hnving an upper centml slmnk extension provided with a verticnlly-greeved lateral lug constitutinga jaw, a belhcxnnk lever in pivetal connecti'en with the handle, n vertically-recessed lateral lug on one arm of the lever, und n ja iv having an.ear thereof pi"- eted in the rec-ess ef the lever-lug, t-he lntter lateral lug constituting a jaw, a. bell-crank l'ever in pivotal connection with the handle, a vertxealllv-recessed lateral lugon an arm of the lever, a aw hav1ng an ear thereof pivoted 

